This archive report was first published on 28 August 2019.
Published on August 28, 2019, a significant number of school administrators have left the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) in the last three weeks.
According to reports, over 18,000 school principals and deputies have joined the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) in a fallout over a pay increment meant to take effect in July.
The pay rise, worth Sh. 13 billion, was part of the third phase of the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement.
However, the school administrators decamped to Kuppet because it was not part of a court dispute that resulted in the stoppage of the implementation of the CBA for Knut members.
Kuppet Secretary-General Akelo Misori confirmed the union had received 18,000 new members from Knut, who are headteachers, their deputies, principals, and their deputies.
During the signing of the CBA, administrators were the major beneficiaries of the Sh54 billion four-year salary deal.
The Ministry of Labour had been aware of the stand-off and had written to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive officer Nancy Macharia on August 26.
However, Mrs Macharia responded that the matter was in court, and the commission was restrained from addressing it outside court at the moment.
